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Content session: Sustainability of basic service delivery: Draft National Water Services Improvement Prog 2022
The Minister responsible water and sanitation presented the National Water Services Improvement Programme to Cabinet. The focus of the programme will be on actions that can be undertaken and have...
Content session: Sustainability of basic service delivery: B2B Implementation Assessment Report 2019
Government has implemented numerous projects and programmes towards improving the functionality of, and turning around, local government. Through the deployment of Service Delivery Facilitators into the targeted municipalities, the aim...
Content session: Sustainability of basic service delivery: Back 2 Basics Presentation 2014
The Technical PCC of 04 July 2014 received a presentation and briefing from CoGTA on the development of a new approach to revitalise and strengthen the performance of the local...
Content session: Sustainability of basic service delivery: KZN B2B Evaluation Report 2017
The National Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG) and the Provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) introduced the Back-to-Basics Programme (B2B) to improve the functioning of the municipalities...
The State of Basic Service Delivery – an in-depth analysis of the Community Survey (2016)
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has the mandate of collecting, processing and disseminating data with a view to inform the nation. One of the objectives of the National Development Plan...
Panel discussion: Infrastructure and Service Delivery in metros and cities : IUDF and Department of Co-operative Governance: Small Town Regeneration Strategy, 2021
The Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG), acting as the implementing agent of the Integrated Urban Development Framework (IUDF), has embarked on the review of the existing Small Town Regeneration Programme...
Panel discussion: Infrastructure and Service Delivery in metros and cities: Local authority responses to climate change in South Africa
Hayley Leck and David Simon compiled an article on Local Authority Responses to Climate Change in South Africa. They mention that municipal authorities, non-governmental bodies, and diverse local actors are...
Panel discussion: Infrastructure and Service Delivery in metros and cities : Are smart innovation ecosystems really seeking to meet citizens’ needs? Insights from the stakeholders’ vision on smart city strategy implementation
Mohammed Agbali, Claudia Trillo, Isa Ali Ibrahim, Yusuf Arayici and Terrence Fernando, provide insight on whether smart innovation ecosystems really seek to meet citizens’ needs because the smart city concept...
“Framing session: Delivery issues at municipal level: What is the key to effectively driving investment and delivery at municipal level: Observations from national to municipal : NIP2050”
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Patricia De Lille, published Phase I of the National Infrastructure Plan 2050 for implementation on 11 March 2022. Infrastructure development is critical to attaining...
Framing session: Delivery issues at municipal level: What is the key to effectively driving investment and delivery at municipal level: Observations from national to municipal: NDP REVIEW 2020
The National Development Plan: Vision 2030 (NDP) is South Africa’s long-term plan for achieving inclusive growth, prosperity and improvements in the quality of life for the country’s citizens. The review...
Introduction to systems thinking: Breaking The Iron Triangle of Evaluation
Ideas from complexity science and systems thinking are demonstrably helpful in a shift from exploring (systematic) linear net effects of an intervention towards exploring wider (systemic) effects occurring elsewhere. But...
Introduction to systems thinking: Systems Thinking as if People Mattered: Critical Systems Thinking for Citizens and Managers
This Working Paper offers a revised version of a talk that was given to the staff and the Ph.D. students of the Lincoln School of Management on January 16, 1997....
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The cluster includes the following government departments: Communications, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Economic Development, Energy, Finance, Human Settlements, Public Enterprises, Public Works, The Presidency: National Planning Commission, Transport and Water and Environmental Affairs.
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Case Study for Ten Years of the Mbombela (Nelspruit) Water and Sanitation Concession South Africa
local government provides all citizens with basic water and sanitation services. In 1999 the Nelspruit Transitional Local Council signed a 30-year concession agreement with the Greater Nelspruit Utility Company to...
“The water that kills our babies”: A Case of Water Services Crisis in The Ukhahlamba District Municipality
“These babies are dying because of the dirty water they drink.” That’s how Siyanda Manana, director of communications at the Eastern Cape health department in Bhisho described the deaths of...
Constructing Future Growth Opportunities – The Potential to Develop an Intensive Civil Engineering and Construction Works Export Strategy
The purpose of this paper is to examine whether there is merit in changing the SA policy approach to the local civil engineering and construction works sector. To date, the...
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Communications, Economic Development, Finance, Higher Education and Training, Labour, Mineral Resources, Public Enterprises, Rural Development and Land Reform, Science and Technology, Tourism and Trade and Industry.
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GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Commodity Study – Wool Production by Small-Scale Farmers
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa. The overall aims of this study are to identify the potential for successful expansion of the number of small-scale farmers...
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Commodity Study – Fresh Produce Production Under Irrigation by Small-Scale Farmers in South Africa
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa. This report documents the status of fresh produce production (vegetables and green maize) under irrigation by small-scale farmers in South...
GTAC/CBPEP/ EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Commodity Study – Subtropical Fruit Production by Small-Scale Farmers in South Africa and Employment Intensive Land Reform
GTAC/CBPEP/ EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa. This commodity study on subtropical fruit and nuts forms part of the ‘CBPEP/GTAC project for employment-intensive rural land reform...
GTAC/CBPEP/ EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities Thematic Study The Strengths and Weaknesses of Systems of Land Tenure and Land Administration in South Africa and The Implications for Employment Intensive Land Reform
The overall aims of this thematic study are to identify the strengths and weaknesses of existing systems of land tenure and land administration in South Africa, and to explore the...
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Thematic Study – Agricultural Value Chains in South Africa and The Implications for Employment-Intensive Land Reform
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa. This paper is part of a larger research initiative intended to formulate policy options for land reform in South Africa...
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Thematic Study – International Experiences of Support Policies for Smallholders: A Review and an Exploration of Underlying Rationale and Narratives
This thematic study on International experiences of policies supporting smallholder production is part of the background papers of the ‘GTAC/CBPEP/EU study on employment-intensive rural land reform in South Africa.’ It...
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Thematic Study – Climate Change and Its Impacts on The Feasibility and Sustainability of Small-Scale Systems of Agricultural Production, in Communal Areas and on Farms Transferred Through Land Reform
This paper is intended to provide context and support discussion on the potential impacts of climate on small-scale farming systems in South Africa and the resulting socio-economic impacts, including in...
CBPEP/GTAC/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Thematic Study – The Social and Cultural Aspects of Small-Scale Agricultural Production in South Africa and The Implications for Employment-Intensive Land Reform
CBPEP/GTAC/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa. This study aims to identify the key social and cultural aspects of small-scale agricultural production in rural South Africa and...
GTAC/CBPEP/ EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Thematic Study – A Review of Support Services for smallholder and small-scale agricultural producers
GTAC/CBPEP/ EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa. This thematic paper forms part of a series which explore specific commodities, crosscutting themes and related municipal case studies....
CBPEP Colloquium 2020 – Conference Report (10 – 11 March 2020)
This report shares the diverse perspectives that were aired at the CBPEP colloquium 2020.
A Basic Package of Support for Young People Who are Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) in South Africa – Policy Brief
This brief outlines a proposed policy and programmatic approach for a Basic Package of Support (BPS) for South Africa’s youth who are NEET. It makes a case for the mplementation...
Guideline for Health, Space and Infrastructure: Toward Safe and Viable Public Space Trading
The SALGA: Guidelines for Public Space Trading consists of the Framework By-law: Informal Trading in Public Space; the Policy Guidelines for Enabling Governance of Informal Trading in Public Spaces; and...
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Home Affairs, Justice and Constitutional Development, Finance, Public Service and Administration and The Presidency: Performance Monitoring and Evaluation and Administration.
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Management and Utilisation of Accommodation and ICT in SAPS – Is There Scope for Greater Efficiency?
The Police and IPID Directorate in the Public Finance Division of the National Treasury conducted spending reviews between June and October 2021, specifically focusing on: a) Space utilisation in 3...
Small Yet Significant: Costing ICT Services in the Police Services Group: CSPS, IPID AND PSIRA
This report provides an ICT spending review conducted on selected institutions within the Police Services Technical group. These institutions include: Civilian Secretariat for the Police Service (CSPS); Independent Police Investigative...
Costing ICT Services in the Police Services Group: SAPS, IPID and CSPS
A presentation delivered by Velisubuhle Buti (Senior Budget Analyst in the Justice and Protection Services Chief Directorate under the Public Finance division of the National Treasury) on 27 May 2022...
Public Entities review and rationalisation for the North-West Provincial Treasury (NWPT)
A presentation delivered by Dhiresh Ramklass (GTAC) on 13 May 2022 as part of GTAC’s weekly webinar series. The webinar showcased a Public Entities review and rationalisation for the North-West...
Diagnostic Review of the Capacity Building System for Local Government
A presentation delivered by Dr Li Pernegger (GTAC) and Dr Tracy Ledger Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) on 22 April 2022 as part of GTAC’s weekly webinar series. NT: IGR...
Institutional arrangements & capacity in The Presidency re District Development Model (DDM) model
A presentation delivered by Dr Li Pernegger on 25 March 2022 as part of GTAC’s weekly webinar series. The presentation showcases GTAC’s study undertaken in early 2021, to advise the...
Covid-19 Country Report Chapter 1: Introduction
This chapter provides an overview summary of the first edition of South Africa’s Covid-19 Country Report. It includes the background to the report, the rationale for undertaking the initiative, the...
Covid-19 Country Report Chapter 4: Government Mobilization and Communication
This chapter investigates the capacity and effectiveness of government’s communications strategy as the country went through the various stages of lockdown under the Covid-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 Country Report Chapter 4: Government Mobilization and Communication Presentation
This chapter investigates the capacity and effectiveness of government communications strategy as the country went through the various stages of lockdown under the Covid-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 Country Report Chapter 2 South African Government Leadership, Governance and Institutional Arrangements
This chapter assesses leadership attributes, policies and institutional arrangements established from March 2020 to manage and oversee the pandemic.
Covid-19 Country Report Chapter 2 South African Government Leadership, Governance and Institutional Arrangements Presentation
This presentation assesses leadership attributes, policies and institutional arrangements established from March 2020 to manage and oversee the pandemic.
Covid-19 Country Report Chapter 9: Case Studies: Local and Provincial Government
The chapter analyse the nature and impact of the lockdown restrictions on selected provinces, as well as the support measures designed to alleviate the impact. A few local government case...
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Environmental and Water Affairs, Human Settlements, Labour, Public Works, Rural Development and Land Affairs, Social Development, Transport and Women, Youth, Children and People with Disability.
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Arts and Culture, Basic Education, Health, Higher Education and Training, Labour, Science and Technology and Sport and Recreation.
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Defence and Military Veterans, International Relations and Cooperation, Finance, State Security, Tourism, Trade and Industry and Water and Environmental Affairs.
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Correctional Services, Defence, Home Affairs, Justice and Constitutional Development, Police and State Security.